basic-text-editor

A basic Text Editor created using Java and Swing.

Functionalities Included:

• A 1920x1080 window
• Loading text files from hard drive for editing
• Finding occurrences of a specific string using the search bar on the editor window
• Saving file to hard drive

Working Explained:

1. Once the Text Editor is launched, the Menu Bar, Search Bar along with the search options and the Editor window will be displayed.

2. One can just begin typing in to create a new file, just like in Notepad. Otherwise, choose the 'Open' option from the File Menu to load a file of supported format, for editing / searching.

3. Once the file is loaded in, any and all changes can be made directly to the text. For searching, use the Search Bar above the editor window to search for a string in the file. Choose the Search, Prev and Next buttons to go through the file and search for occurrences of the given string.

4. Save the file using the 'Save' option from the File Menu and navigate to the directory you want to save the file in, just like in other text editors.

5. All the changes will be made in the local file. Close the Text Editor.

Supported File Types

• .txt
• .rtf
• .csv
• .json
• .md
• other forms of text files...

Makes it a good tool for cleaning data and finding specific entries used in fields such as Data Science which deal with these file formats, with an easy to use GUI.

How to Run:

• Download code
• Open jre folder
• Run TextEditor.exe

All source files used to compile executable are in the 'src' folder.